Well okay, possibly not. I’m not going to lie – I want this shawl. I’ve had the materials all ready to go since last year’s Knitter’s Frolic (Tanis Fiber Arts mulberry silk, in Velvet), but now the mental push finally came to shove when I realized I wanted to be able to wear this at Sock Summit at the end of July. That’s still a pretty flipping insane deadline to give myself, I realize, considering this is far from the only thing on my needles, but I’m going to give it a shot. A girl needs something to wear out on the town with her fellow knitters, doesn’t she?

At least, that’s the vision I’ll keep in my head to keep me going. Like any other lacy enterprise, until I get to the final moment of binding off and blocking, it’s still going to look like a lump of tangled purple weeds. But it’s a silky smooth lump of weeds at least, and the yarn is lovely to work with. I’m planning on designing something with this yarn in the near future, so in a way this project is sort of like one giant test swatch. Who’s to say a girl can’t multi-task a little with her finished-object dreams? A little reminder to appreciate the process as well as product.

And because summer does appear to mean business already, I’ve quickly dispatched the Silk Garden Hourglass and it’s having its own blocking session at the moment. Time to rotate in some lace.

I hope you have a cold beverage of choice to keep you and your knitting company this weekend! Keep the yarn close by.

Oh my goodness – I can’t wait to see the final product on this one.. especially since I can’t do the process (charts and I don’t get along). The yarn you chose is just gorgeous too. That is one family heirloom in the making, I’m telling you.

It’s beautiful! The color, the lace, like like like. I’m so happy that my next project is a lace, because seeing all these lacy beauties on your site made me itchy to start one myself. Can’t wait too see it blocked! And judging by your speed I am absolutely sure you will finish it in time.

It has occurred to me that since you are doing a lace and you will have to block it, is it possible to share with us your preferred method, or just give some advises related to blocking? I tried to find previous post about it, but I didn’t succeed. If there is allredy a post with this subject, then I am sorry for bringing it up, but if there isn’t then I (and probably other knitters too) would appreciate it very very very much.
If you find my question offensive than please accept my apology, I don’t know how interactive you like your blog to be.